As South Africa continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines and receive doses from manufacturers, the Department of Health has confirmed that …
More than 4 million people around the world have died of Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University published …
A hospital in Tanzania’s Mwanza city has reported an oxygen shortage as the country records new coronavirus cases. The officer …
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is under fire for launching projects past curfew hours. President Kenyatta launched five hospitals on Tuesday …
Ugandans may find themselves in jail for two months if they are found breaking public health controls in a new …
Europe buys up doses for booster vaccines while African countries go without. There’s a run on booster shots, but not …
The World Health Organization has expressed concern about Uganda’s approval of a locally made herbal treatment for COVID-19 amid a …
Scientists have used a DNA cutting technique to remove a gene responsible for sickle-cell disease (SCD) – a life-threatening blood …
Kenya will set up a “fill and finish” vaccine plant where the last process of filling vials and packaging them …
People in South Africa rushed to hospitals and other medical facilities to test for coronavirus, as a third wave of …
Uganda’s President Museveni said Africa needs the raw materials to produce its own Covid vaccines rather than donations from the …
President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said the lives of 1.2 billion Africans are at …
Uganda sent the police to chase vendors selling merchandise in Kampala despite a Covid-19 stay home order given by the …
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said the East African nation is being hit by a third wave of coronavirus. …
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, says the continent needs to start producing and not beg for COVID-19 …
Afrigen Biologics expects a decision in mid-July on partners to produce Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine using the mRNA platform, the …
Zimbabwe has postponed the reopening of schools and other learning institutions by two weeks following a surge in new Covid-19 …
The World Health Organization is in talks to create the first-ever technology transfer hub for Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa, …
Zimbabweans are finding it increasingly difficult to access Covid-19 vaccines as the country records a spike in new infections amid …
The head of the World Trade Organization says Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to create …
Tanzania has asked to join the COVAX global vaccine sharing facility and start its first coronavirus immunization campaign – more …
Africa is in the middle of a full-blown third Covid wave and there is need for more vaccination, the World …
Blood donation services in Kenya have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, as donors who have doses of the AstraZeneca …
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new restrictions as South Africa faces a third wave of Covid-19. A nationwide curfew has …
The World Bank has approved $200 million for Ghana to help finance COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project. This is …
Rwanda’s national flag carrier has indefinitely suspended flights to and from Uganda, as the latter grapples with a spike in …
The World Health Organisation’s director for Africa issues warning about the lack of vaccine availability in Africa, 225 million coronavirus …
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel advisories against Kenya and South Africa as many …
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $430,000 grant to Guinea to fight the …
WHO today validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities the assurance that …
Senegal has successfully joined the growing list of Africa countries to secure the patent right to manufacture the Covid’19 vaccines …
Already reeling from one of the highest death tolls in the pandemic, Brazil is bracing for the threat of a …
Once considered as the staunch anti-Covid country, Tanzania is gearing towards vaccination after a team of health experts handed in …
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has shut down schools and suspended public gatherings as the country faces a surge of infections …
Mozambique has received the third batch of Covid-19 vaccines, a donation from China. Some 60,000 doses have been donated for …
The struggle to acquire vaccines, as well as a dearth of health care resources, has left Africa poorly equipped to …
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced a $50 million commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The pledge will …
The United Nations children agency, Unicef, is urging the world’s richest countries to donate a fifth of their Covid vaccines …
Hundreds of Zimbabweans protested about a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines as the country awaits more doses from China. The government …
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,854,455 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control …
The number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 5,640,992 on Tuesday in Morocco, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said …
Zambia has approved five COVID-19 vaccines to be administered on citizens as a preventive measure against the pandemic, a government …
Egypt will lift restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus from Tuesday. Restaurants will be allowed to …
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingob are on course for a speedy recovery after both of them …
The World Health Assembly, the main governing body of the World Health Organization, has adopted a new resolution that aims …
Rwanda will on Saturday resume its Covid-19 nationwide vaccination campaign to fully immunise those who had previously received their first …
Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine within six weeks if those who have had their …
Namibian President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingob tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday evening. The president and first …
